Ancestors of Tim Farr and Descendants of Stephen Farr Sr. of Concord, Massachusetts and Lidlington, Bedfordshire, England


Malachi CONANT was born 1 on 12 Jun 1715 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, British Colonial America. He died 2 on 23 Jan 1783 in Mansfield City, Tolland, Connecticut, United States. Malachi married 3, 4 Sarah FREEMAN on 15 Jan 1738 in Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.

Ebenezer FENTON born: 29 Aug 1718 in Mansfield; married: (1) 11 Feb 1740 - 1741 Mehitable TUTTLE (d. @1754) (2) 26 Aug 1762 Lydia CONANT(dau of Malachi CONANT and Sarah FREEMAN; b. 25 Aug 1739 in Mansfield CT; d. aft 1780 in Mansfield CT) in Mansfield CT; died: aft 1780 in Mansfield CT; Son of Robert FENTON and Dorothy

Children (by 1st wife):
1. Jonathon b. 17 May 1741 m. widow Mary CARY; Service in Capt John Shumway's Co 3 Apr 1779 - 2. Ebenezer b. 15 Apr 1743 m. (1) 25 Dec 1766 Sarah DUNHAM (2) Rebeckah JOHNSON; Service in 1st Reg CT Militia - 3. Sarah b. 16 Feb 1744 - 5 - 4. Nathan b. 9 Feb 1746-7 - 5. Solomon b. 23 Jun 1749 m. 19 Aug 1772 Sibbel SNOW; d. Chenango Co.; 7 yrs in Rev - 1st lieut in 2nd Reg 1779 - 6. Lydia b. 26 May 1753 m. Jacob BARROWS - 7. Elijah b. 8 Aug 1754 m. 22 Nov 1774 Ruby ANDERSON d. 17 Apr 1790
(by 2nd wife)
8. Nathaniel b. 26 Mar 1764 in Mansfield CT m. 18 Sep 1783 Rachel FLETCHER in Mansfield CT d. 25 Jan 1846 in Ellicott, Chaut Co NY - 9. Jacob b. 5 Nov 1765 (Mansfield CT) m. (Milford) d. 21 Jan 1822 (Fluvanna NY) - Potter by trade - 10. Mehitable b. 18 Jan 1767 (Mansfield CT) - 11. Abigail b. 2 Feb 1769 (Mansfield CT) - 12. Robert b. 24 May 1771 (Mansfield CT) d. 19 Jun 1776 (Mansfield CT) - 13. Justus b. 14 Sep 1773 (Mansfield CT) d. Ohio - 14.
Malachi b. 9 Apr 1776 (Mansfield CT) d. (Otsego Co NY) - 15. Robert, 2nd b. 11 Oct 1780 (Mansfield CT); lived Green, Chenango Co NY -

I have found no details of Ebenezer's life, although it is certain he lived most of it in Mansfield CT. His marriage to Lydia as well as the birth of all of their children are part of the official record there. Their marriage is also noted in genealogical biographies of Lydia's family.

Sources: A Genealogy of the Fenton Family: descendants of Robert Fenton .., William L. Weaver - 1867; Vital Records of Mansfield CT; Tolland and Windham Counties, Conn. - Biographies; 1903

Sarah FREEMAN [Parents] was born 1 on 18 Jan 1720 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She died 2 on 7 May 1791 in Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut, United States. Sarah married 3, 4 Malachi CONANT on 15 Jan 1738 in Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.

Birth Source: FHL Number 775836+ " Civil Records for Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts"

Malachi CONANT born: 12 Jun 1715 in Windham CT; married: 15 Feb 1738 Sarah FREEMAN (dau of Edmund FREEMAN and Keziah PRESBURY; b. 17 Jan 1720 in Mansfield Windham CT; d. 7 May 1791 Mansfield or Gurleyville, Windham CT) in Mansfield CT; died: 23 Jan 1783 in Mansfield or Gurleyville CT; Son of Caleb CONANT and Hannah CRANE

Children:
1. Lydia b. 25 Aug 1739 (Mansfield CT) m. 26 Aug 1762 Ebenezer FENTON d. aft 1780 (Mansfield CT) - 2. Mary b. 22 Mar 1741 (Mansfield CT) m. James PARKER - 3. Druscilla b. 1 May 1743 (Mansfield CT) m. Elisha HOPKINS - 4. Kezia b. 25 Sep 1745 (Mansfield CT) - 5. Malachi b. 11 Oct 1747 (Mansfield CT) d. 8 Dec 1747 (Mansfield CT) - 6. Seth b. 5 Dec 1748 (Mansfield CT) m. (1) Eunice ROYCE (2) Mrs. Martha WING FAY - 7. Sylvannus b. 10 Feb 1750 (Mansfield CT) m. (1) 22 Oct 1778 Anna WRIGHT (2) Elizabeth UTLEY (of Ashfield MA) d. 2 Sep 1843: lived on father's homestead - 8. Sarah b. 3 Mar 1753 (Mansfield CT) - 9. Malachi b. 25 Apr 1755 (Mansfield CT) d. 30 Aug 1775 (Cambridge MA) "in service to US" - 10. Abigail b. 20 Feb 1757 (Mansfield CT) d. 17 Feb 1777 - 11. Nathaniel b. 23 Sep 1761 (Mansfield CT) m. Lois ROYCE - 12. Hannah b. 19 Jun 1764 (Mansfield CT) m. Amasa WRIGHT

Malachi settled near Gurleyville in Windham CT He was a farmer.

Sources: Sources: Tolland and Windham Counties, Conn, Biographies - 1903; LDS Ancestral File


Zacariah PADDOCK was born 1 on 17 Feb 1720 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. He died after 1800 in Putnam, New York, United States. Zacariah married 2 Deborah FREEMAN on 7 Nov 1744 in Mansfield City, Tolland, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.

Zacariah resided 3 in 1790 in Dutchess, New York, United States. He resided 4 in 1800 in South East, Dutchess, New York, United States.

Deborah FREEMAN [Parents] was born 1 on 17 Apr 1722 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She died 2 on 13 Nov 1803 in Putnam, New York, United States. Deborah married 3 Zacariah PADDOCK on 7 Nov 1744 in Mansfield City, Tolland, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.

Birth Source: FHL Number 775836+ " Civil Records for Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts"
Sources: Tolland and Windham Counties, Connecticut- Biographies - 1903; Freeman Genealogy in Three Parts by Frederick Freeman; Sandwich MA Vital Records; Mansfield CT vital records


Skeffe FREEMAN [Parents] [scrapbook] was born 1 on 28 Dec 1723 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. He died 2 on 2 May 1809 in Mansfield City, Tolland, Connecticut, United States. Skeffe married 3, 4 Anna SARGEANT on 1 Jul 1746 in Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.

Skeffe resided 5 in 1790 in Mansfield, Windham, Connecticut, United States. He resided 6 in 1800 in Mansfield, Windham, Connecticut, United States.

Birth Source: FHL Number 775836+ " Civil Records for Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts"
Sources: Tolland and Windham Counties, Connecticut- Biographies - 1903; Freeman Genealogy in Three Parts by Frederick Freeman; Sandwich MA Vital Records; Mansfield CT vital records

Anna SARGEANT was born 1 on 23 Feb 1727 in Mansfield City, Tolland, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. She died on 8 May 1821 in Mansfield City, Tolland, Connecticut, United States. Anna married 2, 3 Skeffe FREEMAN on 1 Jul 1746 in Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.

They had the following children.

  F i Keziah FREEMAN was born on 24 Apr 1761. She died on 2 Dec 1843.

William JOHNSON [Parents] was born 1, 2 on 27 Mar 1718 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. He died 3 in 1791 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. William married 4, 5, 6 Abigail FREEMAN on 26 Jan 1747/1748 in Mansfield City, Tolland, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.

Other marriages:
HERRICK, Abiel

Birth source: FHL film #859998 births p. 70

DEATH: The film number given on Ancestry.com is not correct.

Abigail FREEMAN [Parents] was born 1 on 20 Feb 1726 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She died 2 on 22 Feb 1782. Abigail married 3, 4, 5 William JOHNSON on 26 Jan 1747/1748 in Mansfield City, Tolland, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.

Birth Source: FHL Number 775836+ " Civil Records for Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts"
Sources: Tolland and Windham Counties, Connecticut- Biographies - 1903; Freeman Genealogy in Three Parts by Frederick Freeman; Sandwich MA Vital Records; Mansfield CT vital records


William JOHNSON [Parents] 1 was born 2, 3, 4 on 26 Feb 1656 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. He died 5, 6 on 10 Jan 1729/1730 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. William married 7 Esther GARDNER about 1686 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

Esther GARDNER [Parents] was born 1, 2, 3, 4 on 15 Oct 1659 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She died 5, 6, 7 on 17 Dec 1706 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. Esther married 8 William JOHNSON about 1686 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

DEATH: " Here lyes y body of Esther Johnson wife to William Johnson who departed this life December y 17tb 1706 in y 48th year of her ag'e."
Esther (Gardner) Johnson, wife of William Johnson, son of Major William Johnson, and nephew of Lieut. Matthew Johnson (epitaph 16). She was daughter of Richard (epitaph 21) and Anna (Blanchard) Gard- ner, and was born Oct. 15, 1C59. (Vide Sewall's History, 168, 615.)

They had the following children.

  M i William JOHNSON was born on 28 Mar 1686. He died on 29 Feb 1752.
  F ii
Esther JOHNSON was born 1 on 29 May 1686 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She died 2, 3 on 16 Nov 1710 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.
  F iii
Mary JOHNSON was born about 1690 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She died 1 about 1710 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.
  F iv Hannah JOHNSON was born about 1693. She died on 4 May 1732.
  M v Benjamin JOHNSON was born on 3 Dec 1689. He died on 23 Jun 1771.
  M vi Noah JOHNSON was born in Mar 1699. He died on 13 Aug 1798.
  F vii Ruth JOHNSON was born in 1702. She died on 27 Jun 1737.

William JOHNSON [Parents] was born 1, 2, 3 on 28 Mar 1686 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. He died 4, 5 on 29 Feb 1752 in Mansfield City, Tolland, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. William married 6, 7 Sarah DOLE on 1 Jan 1707 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

Other marriages:
DAVIS, Hannah

Death source: Original vital records of Mansfield CT.
Birth source: FHL film #859998 births p. 28.
Marriage year missing on film #859998.
Is mentioned in the will of Joseph Davis as the husband of Hannah on FHL US/CAN film #0521779 Page 157

Sarah DOLE was born 1 on 14 Feb 1680 in Newbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She died 2, 3, 4 on 14 Oct 1710 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. Sarah married 5, 6 William JOHNSON on 1 Jan 1707 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

DEATH: "MEMENTO MORI." "FUGIT HORA."
"Here lyes y body of Sarah Johnson wife to William Johnson Juner who departed this life October y 14th 1710 in the 29th year of her age." ' Sarah (Dole) Johnson, daughter of Richard and Sarah (Greenleaf) Dole, of Newbury, where she was born Feb. 14, 1681; married as first wife of William Johnson, Jr., Jan. 1, 1707-8, son of William and Esther (Gardner) Johnson (epitaph 35). (40.) " MEMENTO MORI." " FUGIT HORA." . " Here lyes the body of M'r Abraham Fyfeild aged 57 years who deceased Septem'br y 12th 1711." Abraham Fifield, styled " Captain" in Town Records, perhaps a son of * Giles and Mary (Perklns) Fifield of Charlestown. ( Vide Savage Genea- logical Dictionary.) Gravestone removed from original site when the pound was built.

Marriage Notes:

MARRIAGE: Also recorded in Woburn.

They had the following children.

  F i
Sarah JOHNSON was born 1, 2 on 3 May 1709 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
  M ii
Dole JOHNSON was born 1, 2 on 30 Sep 1710 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. He died 3 on 12 Aug 1745 in Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.

Joseph DAVIS [Parents] [scrapbook] was born 1, 2 on 26 Mar 1669 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. He died 3, 4, 5 on 30 Sep 1747 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. He was buried 6 in 1747 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. Joseph married 7, 8 Rebecca PATTEN on 18 Jun 1691 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

Joseph owned 9 Twenty seven acres land grant in Jan 1708 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

Will found on FHL US/CAN film #0521779 page 156. All of his children are listed and the daughter's surnames.

Rebecca PATTEN [Parents] [scrapbook] was born 1 on 29 Jan 1674 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She died 2 on 13 Feb 1751 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She was buried 3 in 1751 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. Rebecca married 4, 5 Joseph DAVIS on 18 Jun 1691 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

They had the following children.

  F i Rebecca DAVIS was born on 11 Sep 1692. She died on 22 Jan 1754.
  F ii Hannah DAVIS was born on 1 Dec 1694. She died on 1 Aug 1756.
  M iii Joseph DAVIS III was born on 3 Nov 1697. He died on 10 Jun 1784.
  F iv Elizabeth DAVIS was born on 6 Nov 1699. She died on 3 Feb 1738.
  M v Benjamin DAVIS was born on 1 May 1703. He died on 22 Nov 1758.
  F vi Mary DAVIS was born on 31 May 1706. She died on 11 Nov 1758.
  F vii Sarah DAVIS was born on 1 May 1709. She died after 9 Aug 1753.
  F viii Susanna DAVIS was born on 5 Dec 1710.
  M ix Joshua DAVIS was born on 20 Oct 1714. He died on 18 Jan 1777.
  F x Ester DAVIS was born on 24 Mar 1716.
  M xi Thomas DAVIS was born on 8 Jul 1717. He died in 1792.

William JOHNSON [Parents] was born 1, 2 on 27 Mar 1718 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. He died 3 in 1791 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. William married 4 Abiel HERRICK on 23 Oct 1783 in Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut, United States.

Other marriages:
FREEMAN, Abigail

Birth source: FHL film #859998 births p. 70

DEATH: The film number given on Ancestry.com is not correct.

Abiel HERRICK was born in 1738. She died on 31 Oct 1795 in Connecticut, United States. She was buried in 1795 in Storrs, Tolland, Connecticut, United States of America. Abiel married 1 William JOHNSON on 23 Oct 1783 in Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut, United States.


Joseph JOHNSON [Parents] was born 1, 2 on 28 Apr 1720 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. He died 3 on 31 May 1787 in Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut, United States. Joseph married 4, 5 Abigail SLAFTER on 3 Jul 1746 in Mansfield City, Tolland, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.

Birth source: FHL film #859998 births p. 73

Abigail SLAFTER was born 1 on 3 Jan 1724/1725 in Mansfield City, Tolland, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. Abigail married 2, 3 Joseph JOHNSON on 3 Jul 1746 in Mansfield City, Tolland, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.


Hezekiah JOHNSON [Parents] was born 1 on 12 May 1724 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. He died 2, 3 on 22 Dec 1806 in Norwich, Windsor, Vermont, United States. He was buried 4 in Pompanoosuc, Windsor, Vermont, United States. Hezekiah married 5, 6 Dorothy SLAFTER on 25 Jan 1749/1750 in Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.

Birth source: FHL film #859998 births p. 79

Dorothy SLAFTER was born 1 on 12 Nov 1729 in Mansfield City, Tolland, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. She died 2, 3 on 12 Apr 1811 in Norwich, Windsor, Vermont, United States. Dorothy married 4, 5 Hezekiah JOHNSON on 25 Jan 1749/1750 in Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.

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